Liz Cheney Posts Dire Warning on Donald Trump in 4th of July Message

Former Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, urged America not to reelect former president Donald Trump in a Fourth of July message shared in a social media post on Thursday.

Cheney, who became one of Trump's staunchest critics following the January 6, 2021, riot carried out by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, has often taken digs at Trump, including on important days in America's history. For example, in June, Cheney's anti-Trump organization, The Great Task, posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, to commemorate the lives lost on D-Day and to remind America what type of person should lead the free world.

A similar message was shared on Independence Day when Cheney shared a link to a speech by historian David McCullough.

"Take a few minutes today to read David McCullough's speech: "The Glorious Cause of America." For 248 years, our freedom has survived," Cheney wrote on X. "Now, its defense is up to us. We must defeat the former president who threatens to unravel our Republic. We must not fail."

Cheney's post comes a week after the first presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden. Biden's shaky performance, which has raised concerns about the president's mental acuity and fitness for another term, has led some Democrats to ask whether he should be replaced on the ballot before November.

However, Cheney continues to suggest that reelecting Trump would be a poor decision. Trump has also criticized Cheney and at one point suggested that she should be jailed. Newsweek reached out to Cheney's organization and Trump's campaign by email for comment.

McCullough's speech was made on September 27, 2005, to students attending Brigham Young University. It details history related to the Revolutionary War and renowned American leaders like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. McCullough spoke of Washington's bravery and how he learned from the mistakes that he made. He also discussed how personality and character contribute to history.

"Very often we are taught history as if it were predetermined, and if that way of teaching begins early enough and is sustained through our education, we begin to think that it had to have happened as it did," McCullough said. "We think that there had to have been a Revolutionary War, that there had to have been a Declaration of Independence, that there had to have been a Constitution, but never was that so. In history, chance plays a part again and again. Character counts over and over. Personality is often the determining factor in why things turn out the way they do."

McCullough, who was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer prize, died in August 2022 at the age of 89.

Cheney's post garnered both criticism and support. Some responders agreed with Cheney, with one posting, "Maginificent [sic] and oh, so timely. Washington knew their [sic] was a time to retreat and a time to attack and the force of character to lead others with him. Discretion, judgment, character. That is what we need."

Others, however, criticized Cheney for being a "traitor."

"I don't take advice from traitors or garbage humans," one said.